EX-SERVICEMEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18736, 14 December 1922, Page 7

EX-SERVICEMEN

QUESTION OF EMIGRATION. LORD HAIG’S VIEWS EXPLAINED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 12. An official of the Officers’ Association, interviewed by the Australian Press Association with reference to Lord Haig's emigration speech, said that though he could not make a statement officially on behalf of the association, he believed that Lord Haig’s view’ was that there was nothing to withdraw’. It was a raistaae to infer from his speech that Lord Haig was opposed to the emigration of exservicemen. On the contrary, no man had worked harder for it. Lord Haig was a thorough believer in placing exservicemen in the dominions, provided that they could find work, but when he found that their emigration was not altogether successful he felt it to be his duty to point out the dangers to ex-service-men in their own interest. Lord Haig did not believe that his speech would damage emigration. It would certainly produce keener inquiries bv cx-servicemen prior to embarkation: but this would be advantageous. Besides, Lord Haig believed that his comments at Manchester would tend to reduce the difficulties which some ex-servicemen experienced in some of the dominions.—A. and N.Z. Cable.